Ore-drier.



No- 893,338. PATEN'I'ED JULY 14, 1908.

D. T. MAOLEOD.

- ORB DRIER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 6.1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.'

. treatment over shelves or platforms.

DANIEL T.,MAoLEO D, or MEROHANTVILLE, ew JERSEY. H

ORE-DRIER.

To all whom it may 00 em: I

Be it known that I,%ANIEL T. MAOLEOD, a citizen of the United States, residing in Merchantville, New Jersey, have mvented certain Improvements in Ore-Driers, of, which the following is a specification.-

The object. of my inventionis to so construct an ore drier that the waste heat from an ore roasting furnace can bowed to dry the ore prior to its being introduced into the furnace. I

My invention is so designed that it can be placed above one of the ordina vertical types of ore roasting frunaces and t e movin parts can beiglriven from the moving parts 0 the ore roasting furnace.

The'details of the invention will be fully described hereafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a vertical sectional view of the upper portion of an ore roasting furnace showing my improved ore drier in position; Fig. 2, is a sectional plan view on the line 2-2, Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 and 4, are vertical sectional views illustrating modifications of the invention.

A is the body of an ore roasting furnace, B is a vertical shaft extending thi ough the furnace and having the ordinary blades 6 secured thereto, which convey the ore u%clller 1s shaft -B is hollow and is connected at its lower end with an air pipe and hot air from this shaft passesordinarily out to waste at the'upper end. By" my invention I utilize this hot airfor drying the ore prior to its being introduced into the ore roasting furnace.

. O is a frame consisting of vertical members 0 and horizontal members a which sup ort a casiniD, preferably made of sheet meta havin a ottom d, sides (1' and a to d.

ounted within this casing is a tray or platform E having a flange e at its outer edge, and formin a continuation of the hollow shaft B oft e furnace is a hollow shaft B which is coupled to the shaft B so that it will turn with it. This shaft extends through an opening in the bottom of the casing D and a so through an opening in the pan E.

Secured tothe u er end of the tubular shaft B is a sleeve l liaving. sockets for the reception of the ends of the blades which extend over the tray E; these blades have fingers f which are set at an angle in Fig. 1,

Specification or Letters Patent. Application filed November 6, 1907. Serial No. 400,881.

m t July 14, 1908.

for stirring and feeding the ore being treated either from the center to the periphery of the pan, or vice versa. 1

Mounted on the frame c above the casin D is a material'feeding device G consisting o a hop er G and a spout g communicating with t e interior of the casin D, as in Fi 1, near the center. A central sfiaft g has a feed screw 9 situated in the neck of the hopper and arms 8 in the body of the hopper so as to prevent t e material clogging, and insuring positive feeding. The shaft g is geared to a shaft g in the resent instance, which has a sprocket whee or pulley at. its outer end which can be driven by any suitable mechanism. The spout can direct the material either to the center as shown in Fig. 1, or to the periphery. as shown in'Fig. 4, according to the direc tion of movement of the materia in the casing.

H is a ischarge pipe leading from the pan E near its periphery, m Figs. 1 and 3, through the bottom at of. the casingL and into a valve box H in which is a valve pivoted at h and having a wei htedarm h, and this valve box connects wit a feed 0 enin a of the furnace through a pipe'h. T e va ve h is so placed that as the material accumulates in the pi e H and upon the valve it will hold the material until its weighted, arm is. overbalanced when it will immediately open, allowing the ma-. terial to ass through the feed opening-and onto the st latform of the ore roastingifur nace. The va ve will immediatel cl0se,"p re.

venting furnace gases entering t e casing D.

the neck a in the ordinary manner. Other mechanism for feeding the material to the furnace may be used wlthout departin from the main feature of my invention.

irectly above ;the hollow shaft B is a stack 1, in the present instance having a valve 11; this stack communicates with the interior of the casing D. The hollow shaft B has openings 12 which allow for the escape of hot air from the shaft into the casing D, as indicated by the arrows. The bearing J for the shaft is also perforated for the passage of the hot air.

In the upper end of the shaft B is a dam or B on openingthis dam er the full widt all the air will pass direct y from the hollow shaft B to'the stack I, and when the will enter the eating D and when the damper is entirely closed then all the hot air from the shaft passes into the casing D, consequently by regulatin this damper any amount of hot air can be zillowed to circulate through the chamber D. I

The 0 eration of the apparatus is as follows: he damper b is set to any degree desired and when the a paratus is set in motion the material is fed from the hopper G onto the tra E and as the shafts B, B rotate the blades travel over the pan, finally discharg' g the material through the pipe H, through the valve box onto the upper platform of the furnace A. The hot air passes from the hollow shaft B into the hollow section B and then through the chamber D, as

indicated by the arrows, passing directly under the pan E, heating the pan to such an extent as to dry the ore conveyed over the pan. The hot air then edges of the pan and oyer t e ore, assisting in drying the ore turned over by'the rake arms, taking with it any moisture which may ass from the ore, and carrying it up the stac I. The feed into the pan E is continuous, while the feed from the pan into the ore roasting chamber is intermittent, according as the valve h is operated.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a slight modification of the device shown in Fig. 1; in this consiruction I reduce the height of the apparatus by mounting the casing-D directly on the upper portion of the body A of the furnace and the outlet a does not project above the upper surface of the body portion A. The shaft B is shortened and the radiant heat from the top of the furnace is utilized with the heat from the central shaft.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a feeding device consisting of a cylinder G: having a hopper at one end and a s out at the other end com municatingwith tfie casing D. A feed screw in the casing is mounted on a shaft driven by a sprocket wheel or other suitable means.

in Fig. 4, 1 have shown a combination in which the pan E forms the bottom of the casing D and the space above the to hearth of the furnace communicates with t e space between the pan and the up er ortion of the body of the furnace throug t e passage N in which is a valve 11..

At the opposite side of the furnace is a passage M forming communication between the upper hearth of the furnace and the outlet pipe M ,-and this outlet pipe also communicates with the space between the pan E and the furnace, and valves m, m are provided for regulating the passage of the gas through these several pipes. By this arrangement any amountof furnace gas can be directed through the space between the pan of the drier and the body of the furnace, or the as can be entirel cut off, as desired. The 0t air from the ho ow shaft B passes up asses around the to the stack and any moisture rising from the -be applied to furnaces now in use and in new furnaces the section B may be made integral with the shaft B as in Fig. 4, and the top of the furnace may be made light, so as to gain all the advantages possible in the use of radiant heat.

I claim: 1. The combination of an ore roasting furnace, a drier mounted above said furnace, a vertical hollow shaft extending through the ore roasting furnace and into the drier, means for rotating said shaft, a pan -in the drier situated some distance above the to of the furnace so as to form a channel under the pan, openings in the hollow shaft communicating with the said channel so that the hot air pass- I ing through the hollow shaft will enter the drier between the an and the top of the furnace, and means or feeding material to the drier, with a dischar e opening from the drier communicatin wit the furnace, substantially as descri ed. p

2. The combination of an ore roasting furnace, a drier mounted above the furnace, a vertical hollow shaft extending through the furnace and into the drier, a pan mounted within the casing of the drier somedistance -under the bottom thereof so as to form a channel under the pan, openings the hollow shaftcommunicating with the said channel, blades attached to the shaft adapted to travel close-to the bottom of the pan, an outlet in the pan communicating with the furnace, and means for feeding material to the pan so that a continuous thin layer of material will fiow over the an to the outlet, substantially as-describe 3. The combination in an ore roasting furnace, of a drier consisting of a casing havin a pan mounted therein above the bottom of t e casing so as to form a channel under the pan, a channel at the side of the pan and another channel above the pan, a vertical driven shaft in the furnace and extending into the drier, means for introducing a heated current of air into the channel above the pan, blades on the shaft, an outlet for the discharge of material from the pan, and means for feeding the pan with material, substantially as described.

4. The combination in an ore drier ada ted to be mounted on an ore roasting furnace iavin a hollow vertical shaft, of a casin rovi ed with a an, a hollow shaft coupled to the shaft of tlie furnace, blades on the shaft as described.

5. The combination in an ore drier adapted to be mounted upon an ore roasting furnace having a hollow rotating shaft, of a casing, a

pan within the casing, a hollow shaft connected to the hollow shaft of the furnace so that it will be rotated by said hollow shaft and will receive hot air from the shaft, blades carried by the said shaft adapted to convey material over the pan, and openings in the shaft at-a point between the an and the bottom of the casing so that the ot air will pass from the shaft into the casing and under the pan, substantially as described.

6. The combination in an ore drier mounted upon an ore roasting furnace having a hollow rotating shaft, of a casing, a pan within the casing, a hollow extension connected to the hollow shaft so that it will be rotated by said hollow shaft and will receive hot air from the shaft, blades carried by the said hollow extension adapted to convey material over the pan, with a central stack and a damper in the hollow extension so that the hot air will pass either'into the casing, under the pan to its periphery and over the pan to the central stack, or directly to the stack, substantially as described.

7. The combination, in an ore drier adapted to be mounted upon an ore roasting furnace having a hollow vertical shaft, of a cas ing'hav'ing a pan, a hollow extension forming a continuation of the shaft of. the furnace and con led to said shaft so that it will turn withit, lades on the hollow extension adapted to convey material over the pan, means for supplying heat to the pan to dry the material, a device for continuously feeding material to the pan, a valved passage forming communication between the pan and the roasting. furnace, and a weighted valve in said passage which will allow the material to accumulate in the passage and which will discharge the said material at intervals into the furnace, substantially as described.

8. The combination in an ore drier, of a casin a pan within the casing, a hollow central sTlaft, blades on the shaft arranged to convey material over the pan, said shaft having openings between the pan and the bottom of the casing so that hot air introduced into the shaft will pass into the casing,

under and around the pan, a stack communicating with the casing, and an inlet and outlet'for the material to be dried, substantially as described.

9. The combination in an ore drier, of a casing, a central bearing mounted in the casing, a pan supported by said central bearing and having a flange, a hollow shaft extending through the bearing, a sleeve on the upper part of the shaft, blades carriedby the sleeve ada ted to convey material from the center of t 1e pan towards its periphery, said shaft having 0 enings communicating with the s ace unr er the an, a damper in the end of tie shaft, a stac communicating with the casing so that when hot air is mtroduced through the hollow shaft it will pass into the casing, under and around the pan to the stack, drying the material and carrying off the moisture, and inlets and outlets for the material, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' DANIEL .T. MACLEOD.

Witnesses:

WM. E. SHUPE, WM. A. BARR. 

